You make a very good point & plus I think the software update is good that I think you get about 7 years now on pixel phones if you stay on the core osTrue, i hope Google Pixel Phones can catch up with apple and Samsung and get more market share in the US. It would be good to have a third quality phone manufacturer in the US. Pixel phones have the advantage over Apple and Samsung that you can install privacy focused OSs on them. I am eyeing with GrapheneOS. I hope Pixel 10 will be everything an iphone can be and more. Once people will open their eyes and leave apple due to lack of innovation, Apple’s products will have to be more innovative again.
When my dad had the pixel 6 he like it & the camera was always pretty good in some instances better than the iphone